CLE Update
Class Actions in BC: 10th Anniversary
On February 25, 2005, CLE will mark 10 years of the Class Proceedings Act with the course Class Actions: The 10th Anniversary Platinum Edition Collectors’ CLE. Course chair Ward Branch, of Branch MacMaster, and a panel of experienced litigators and judges will review the impact of class actions on the legal landscape. They will provide strategic guidance and practical tips on working through the life cycle of a class action: from identifying cases appropriate for a class action to taking the case to trial. Topics of special interest include partnering arrangements between firms working on class actions, arbitration clauses, industry class actions, and settlement structures.

CLE Courses

• Business Basics Workshop 1: Business Establishment & Financing, February 24, Vancouver
• Class Actions: The 10th Anniversary Platinum Edition Collectors’ CLE, February 25, Vancouver
• The New Administrative Tribunals Act, March 3, Vancouver
• Business Basics Workshop 2: Buying and Selling a Business, March 10, Vancouver
• Business Basics Workshop 3: Shareholder Agreements, March 24, Vancouver

This article was published in the February 2005 issue of BarTalk. © 2005 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.